Two aging gunfighters in need of money come to an agreement to organize an actual showdown between them and sell tickets for it. The townsfolk is more than interested to see the "show".
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| Kirk Douglas | ... | Will Tenneray | |
| Johnny Cash | ... | Abe Cross | |
| Jane Alexander | ... | Nora Tenneray | |
| Karen Black | ... | Jenny Simms | |
| Dana Elcar | ... | Marv Green | |
| Robert J. Wilke | ... | Marshal Tom Cater | |
| Keith Carradine | ... | The Young Gunfighter | |
| Eric Douglas | ... | Bud Tenneray | |
| Paul Lambert | ... | Ed Fleury | |
| Raf Vallone | ... | Francisco Alvarez | |
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James D. Cavasos | ... | Newt Hale |
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Philip L. Mead | ... | Kyle Briggs |
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George Le Bow | ... | Dekker |
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John J. Wallwork | ... | Toby Leach |
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Neil Davis | ... | Canbury |
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Will Tenneray and Abe Cross are two famous gunfighters who are getting old and need money. Cross tried his luck at gold prospecting but failed. Tenneray works at the local saloon where he capitalizes on his past fame to "sucker fools into buying drinks". The town expects them to become enemies and kill each other in a gunfight but the two aging gunfighters start liking one another. Desperate for money, Tenneray suggests to Cross to put on a show for the townsfolk and fight in an arena for money. The proceeds from the ticket sales would go to the winner of the gunfight. Both men like the idea of a paid show but hate the possibility of one of them killing the other. Written by nufs68
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It was the first time they sold tickets to a gunfight. Winner takes all. Widow takes the body. See more »Parents Guide:
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4 October 1971 (Denmark) See more »Also Known As:
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Abe Cross: Guess I know what your talkin' about. I worked a job myself before I went out prospectin' this last time.
Will Tenneray: Doin' what?
Abe Cross: Trick shootin'. Medicine show. 'Sides me, they had a midget and a tattooed feller.
Will Tenneray: [snorts] That says it better.
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The film had been banned by the Mexican Film Bureau from Mexican territory because it presented a false image of Mexico and the Mexican people. However, there is no information that the production company intended to shoot the film in Mexico. See more »Goofs
[All goofs for this title are spoilers.] See more »Quotes
Will Tenneray: A job? Suckerin' fools to buy drinks? 'Cept I wear my pants on the outside I'm no different from Jenny you laid with last night.Abe Cross: Guess I know what your talkin' about. I worked a job myself before I went out prospectin' this last time.
Will Tenneray: Doin' what?
Abe Cross: Trick shootin'. Medicine show. 'Sides me, they had a midget and a tattooed feller.
Will Tenneray: [snorts] That says it better.
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Alternate Versions
On this film's second US network airing, ABC-TV cut it to fit into a 90-minutes-with-commercials time slot, excising the sub-plot about the businessman who bet on Tenneray only after Cross had assured him that nothing would happen. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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The old shooting times are over, the gunfighters are just a live legend - perhaps only a curiosity - for borrachos and mean people. Unable to fit into the new times, all they can do is killing each other, to feed their own legend or to be buried with it. In this complex, sober, highly undervalued movie, Douglas (the real one, not Michael) and Cash accomplish with their destiny, it does not matter who will be the winner, who will be the loser: both are doomed and they know it. But they are not the worst in town: this role is left to the bloodthirsty people who do not even have the guts to run personally the risk but enjoy the killing. Too late they realize what they have caused and supported, ant silence fall on them. But the'll forget, and next time it will happen again.